Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Free Motion Quilting - Butterflies & Flowers

This month's tutorial was by Ann Fahl. She gave us lots of excellent information. Then she left the practice part up to our imaginations! I loved it. First off, I didn't realize when I took this challenge that I would not only improve my free motion quilting, but also become a better artist. As with last month's echo feathers I doodled designs on paper.

23 comments:

Love those butterflies! I've got to try them too, have just been experimenting with various flowers and loops and leaves on the little girl's quilt I'm finishing up this week (Hopefully!). Also threw in some Diane-echo feathers on the borders! Isn't this challenge a ton of fun?!Pat in OR

I love the combination of flowers and butterflies! I wish I had seen your butterflies last week when some (very plain) ones flew onto the quilt I was working on. I like the echo around them, it just adds a bit more "oomph!" Nice job!

wonderful you totally nailed the tutorial, out of curiosity why do you use a bernina 70 needle on your pfaff? I have a pfaff QE4 and am always looking for things to improve my quilting stitches, are they good needles? Dana danaandlee@hotmail.co.uk

Hi Dana,I have an authorized Bernina dealer friend who uses the needle only once to test a machine then tosses them out. His wife saved a 100 of these nearly new needles and just gave to me. They were all size 70. Bernina needles are excellent.

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1910 Bernard Stoewer Treadle

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1940 Singer 15-91 (Pearl)

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1960s Imperial - Ruthie

Made in Japan. Ruthie was gifted to an immigrant family in August 2010.

Bernina Nova 900 (Novalee)

Manufactured in Switzerland between 1982-1985. Sold to Marge in Steinbach, Manitoba in February 2012.

1983 Bernina 930 Record

Manufactured in Switzerland

Elna Air Electronic TSP

Manufactured in Switzerland in 1976. This machine was gifted to my niece in September 2010.

1954 Elna Supermatic

Manufactured in Switzerland. This machine was sold to Jeanne In Winnipeg December 2011.

1970s Elna Supermatic (Ella)

Manufactured in Switzerland. Sold to Kristen in Winnipeg in December 2011.

Elna SU 62C

Manufactured in Switzerland. Purchased in July 2013 and sold in August 2013.

1996 Husqvarna 500 (Heidi)

Made in Sweden. I bought it new in 1997 and to this day it is still my favourite machine. Heidi complete with the cabinet she sits on was gifted to Shannon in July 2011.

Husqvarna 530 Lily

Manufactured in Sweden 1997 traded for the 555 in March 2012

Husqvarna Lily 555

Manufactured in Sweden sold to Rosalie in Stonewall May 2015

1979 Husqvarna 6570 (Ruby)

Manufactured in Sweden. Ruby was sold to Sandra in Winnipeg March 2012.

1961 Necchi Lelia 513

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1954 Necchi Mira BU

Manufactured in Italy. Mira was sold to Cindy in Florida in January 2012.

Pfaff 7510 (Phyllis)

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Ms. Remington

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Singer Genie 354

Manufactured in France in 1974. Traded in to upgrade embroidery machine in September 2013.

Singer featherweight - Tinkerbell!

A tiny black beauty. Traded in to upgrade embroidery machine in September 2013.

1956 Domestic Automatic (Wilma)

Manufactured in Japan. This machine has a dozen cams to make fancy zig-zag stitches. Wilma was given to my son Jason in August 2013, she lives in Calgary now.

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Fancy sewing machine cabinet

In 1988, I bought this cabinet without a machine for $35. My husband took it apart. It took me four months of evenings and weekends to strip and refinish it. Doug put a shelf in to fit a modern free-arm machine. Since 1997 this cabinet is home to Shannon's Husqvarna 500.

Elna Stella (Stella)

My Wee Sewing Machine made in Switzerland. Stella weighs about 12 pounds. This machine was sold on ebay to a lady in Hawaii.